Mixed Match Challenge (New WWE Show)

[Solid Snake]

What is this crap? Glad you asked!

A 12-episode show that'll stream on Facebook Watch, Facebook's go at an original-content broadcaster to take on Netflix and YouTube Red.

When we want less WWE and more life outside our cardboard boxes, Vince says "SCREW YOU!" and hosts a show on Facebook!! *children cheering*

No wait...


I don't know nor care what this is about. I am not a Facebook user and never will be but for anyone who wants to know more:

The show, which will launch on Jan. 12, will see 12 grapplers from each of the company's brands, Raw and SmackDown, compete against each other in a tag-team tournament. The winning team wins $100,000, which will be donated to a charity of their choice. The mixed-gender matches will include some of WWE's biggest stars, including Braun Strowman, Charlotte Flair and Finn Balor.

"Mixed Match Challenge" could be a testing of the waters for the company, whose television contract for Raw and SmackDown with the USA Network is up in 2019.

"We believe WWE is being significantly underpaid in its current Raw/SmackDown deal," media analyst Brendan Ross wrote in a BITG report back in June, according to Decider. USA is estimated to pay WWE $140 million per year for 260 hours of television, while Ross estimated a deal with Facebook, or competitors like Twitter and Amazon, could be worth around $400 million.

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These are the ones who will take place on the show:

Monday Night Raw
Alexa Bliss
Alicia Fox
Asuka
Bayley
Braun Strowman
Enzo Amore
Finn Bálor
Goldust

SmackDown LIVE
Becky Lynch
Bobby Roode
Carmella
Charlotte Flair
Jimmy Uso
Lana
Naomi
Natalya

It is just a predetermined charity event. They will be about 20 min each episode so it isn't too bad. I guess? Ehh? Facebook "Watch" (video) shouldn't be a thing...